I am not an immigrant to this country nor is any of my immediate family. However, just because I am not an immigrant doesn’t mean that my family was immune to the trials and tribulations associated with poverty. That’s why the first vignette resonated with my own childhood experiences with […]
Christopher Frerichs
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Critical interpretation has never been a strong point of mine with regards to literature, though I appreciate its utility I am often just looking to “enjoy a finely crafted story.” However, when scouring the critical interpretations presented in Korb’s article the idea of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You […]
Reading a poem is about the emotional response it elicits as well as the method you use to analyze the prose. Case in point when reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 my initial response was one of emotion as I chuckled to myself, struck by the absurdity of the first several lines […]
I’m a little reluctant to talk about the trials and tribulations of COVID as a plague because most of my memory of the pandemic’s course of events is dictated by my experience as a health care provider. And to recount it is to recall its horror and the desperation of […]
Dickinson’s Poem and Rifaat’s short story both reflect the patriarchal expectations women were expected to meet in their respective times in contemporary society. Though the times for each may have been different, the theme remains the same. Women were expected to shed everything in their lives and let their identities […]
As I thought about my response to this week’s Discussion prompt, I struggled through my typical drawn out laborious and painful process when it comes to writing. Though I have never lacked for imagination, I have often lacked an effective process to put what I have imagined into words. I […]
